Sherbrooke Elementary School

The Terry Fox Run

On Thursday, September 27th, it was the annual Terry Fox run at SES. The event featured all of the students at SES (including the teachers) and some parents. It was a great day to have the run, the sun was shining and there was inspiring music playing.

The SES community was raising money for cancer research. If $500.00 were to be raised, the students would have an extra long recess! In the end, $1016.50 was raised by SES community, so the goal was doubled!

To keep the event more organized, the teachers asked the sixth-graders to assist with organizing the event by setting up the field, leading the warm up and keeping runners safe by watching the boundaries.

Everyone encouraged the runners by cheering. Even some people from the neighbourhood came to cheer us on over the fence! We felt great.

The Parent Participation Organization (PPO) provided apples for all students at the end of the run.

Thank you to everyone who made donations and thank you to our PPO for the apples. In conclusion, we finished the run and had a great time. Maybe you could join us another time! We will always remember Terry Fox and his marathon of hope in the early 80s.

Collaboratively written by 6L

OS.E.S Cross Country Run

n Saturday October 13th 2018, it was the first annual S.E.S Cross Country Run at Sherbrooke Elementary School (S.E.S). The cross country run was for all students from kindergarten to grade six! The purpose of the run was to encourage the students to run and to raise funds. The run was 500 m for kindergarteners, grades 1 and 2. It was 1 km for grades 3 and 4 and it was 2 km for grades 5 and 6. The cost of the run was five dollars per person. The money was going to be used for more sports equipment and for the sport department! Good job to all students who participated in giving money and running the race. We raised about 535$! There were many many people who ran the race, about 110 students out of 500 students of our school ran.

Here are the students who won a medal:

500m

Cycle 1 girls: Frédérique Lortie Gold, Nelly Connon, Emma Gaudet

Cycle 1 boys: Damien Martel Gold, Elliot Martel, Yousef Saritas 1km

Cycle 2 girls: Felicia Connon, Amy Cloutier, Sophia Ghilarducci

Cycle 2 boys: Félix Vellend, Abdallah Moussa, Chad Grandbois

2.5km

Cycle 3 girls Grade 5: Aurianne Goulet, Maélie Giroux, Alyson Ticehurst 2km

Cycle 3 boys Grade 5: Maxime Nelsonleblanc, Jason Gagné, William Pinto 2.5km

Cycle 3 girls Grade 6: Julia Carrier, Mena Abd el Rahman, Justine Moffett 2km

Cycle 3 boys Grade 6: Vincent Angio Maltais, Charles Martel, Frédéric Giroux

Here are the times of the students who got a medal:

500m

Times: Frédérique Lortie: 2:25, Nelly Connon: 2:26, Emma Gaudet: 2:32

Times: Damien Martel: 2:04, Elliot martel: 2:12, Yousef Saritas: 2:15 1km

Times: Felicia Connon: 4:12, Amy Cloutier: 4:26, Sophia Ghilarducci: 4:37

Times: Félix Vellend: Adballah Moussa: 4:02, Chad Grandbois: 4:05 2.5km

Times: Aurianne Goulet: 11:43, Maélie Giroux: 12:11, Alyson Ticehurst: 13:36

Times: Julia Carrier: 11:09, Mena Abd El Rahman: 11:22, Justine Moffett: 11:44 2km

Times: Maxime Nelson-leblanc: 8:16, Jason Gagné: 8:17, William Pinto: 8:21

Times: Vincent Angio Maltais:8:15, Charles Martel: 8:15, Frédéric Giroux: 8:55

Good job again to everyone who ran the run. Thank you so much to Mr. G and Mme. Geneviève or organizing the event. Thank you to Mme. Chouinard and Ms. Bowen, Mrs. Hickey, Ms. Sarah and Mme. Bellerose for coming to the event and helping out. We would also like to thank the students for participating. Thank you again to people who gave money for the S.E.S phys Ed department. We hope to see you next year!

ABy: Justine & Julia 6L

Grade Three

t S.E.S, the grade 3s are currently doing a Global Read Aloud with children from Pennsylvania. The book they are currently reading is “A Boy Called Bat” They really enjoy working on this project. They are currently talking to each other by class. They keep discussing about the book and they would definitely do it again.

Overall the students love grade 3. They have a lot of friends, They also like the new Mrs.c 2.0 and the fun activities. They’re favorite one was the Terry Fox Run.

Students from grade 3 really enjoyed the Terry Fox Run, and they think the Terry Fox Run is not only to run for fun. They know the Terry Fox run is to raise money for cancer research and to find cures for that. The SES students raised 1016$. They loved the music and the cheering from all the students.

The grade 3 students say that the Peace March is to spread peace and love all across the world. They absolutely enjoyed spending time with their little buddy. The message of the Peace March was to grow kindness all around the world. By Julia and Laurent 6L

Grade 3/4

Grade 6 reporters visited a class called 3/4 H and asked them a couple of questions. We asked what is their favourite subject and most of them said gym and math. Then we asked “do you like your class?” and they said yes. They love to learn it’s easy and fun for them but they don’t like taking tests. They also said that they are nice to each other and their teacher. The way class happens is that the grade 3 gets taught then it’s the grade 4’s who get taught. It’s complicated but that’s it. Their favourite colours are blue, red, green, pink and turquoise. Their favourite foods are spaghetti and donuts. By Jayson G 6L

Mme. Blouin’s Class

Mme. Blouin is a grade 3 homeroom teacher at SES, but also a French teacher for grade 6 and grade 3. Yesterday Justine, Laurie and myself went to take photos and asked them about the activity they were doing.

The activity was called “Les atelier d’écriture, les petits moments.” “This activity is way to learn us how to write a story in French” explained a grade 3 student. The students needed to right a short story that happened to them. For example Harrison wrote a story about his vacation this summer. They do that about one or twice a week.

The children had to follow a plan. They start with thinking of an idea, then they did some drawing to really know where they are going in their story, and then they start writing. To inspire her students, Mme. Blouin often reads stories. Surprisingly more than half of the students we asked prefer writing than drawing.

To finish this article I would like to say that Mme. Blouin’s class is wonderful! Thank you to Mme. Blouin and her students for answering our questions! By Julia C 6L

Take Me Outside Day

On Wednesday, October 24th, the students at SES went outside for at least one class to participate in Take Me Outside Day. The students spent class time outside having fun and doing things they enjoyed. The weather was pretty cold but it was not raining. It was cloudy but the kids didn’t mind. Students dressed for the weather. People were spread out, some went across the street to Howard Park. Students say that they want to do this again next year! By Class 6L

The Annual Galt Run The Beginning

At the start of the run every runner in S.E.S gathered in the gym so Mr. G and Mme Paquin could talk to the students about the run. At 9:00 they left to go to Galt. When they arrived at Galt, the S.E.S team put their bags away. The students all talked together and kept warm.

Walking The Course

After all the schools arrived all the students followed the teachers to see the course. They watched a teacher (Mr. Fortin) run the course when they were walking the course.

The Terrain

It had rained the night before the race so the field was very wet and muddy, so that made it feel very cross-country like. At the cross-country run the best part was when we crossed through a little wood and we could push ourselves with the trees. The teachers had to create a different path because of all the mud and water. The terrain was just perfect for the cross-country run.

The Results

At the end of the event SES had 23 top 10 positions and 5 medalists. We are all proud of the runners who ran at the Galt Cross-country run. We know that everyone gave their best try and that’s what counts. By Philip and Laurent

Mrs. Carrière

We would like to introduce our readers to Mrs. Carrière, the principal of Sherbrooke Elementary School. We nicknamed her Mrs. C 2.0 because our last principal was also Mrs. C. She is new to our school this year. We did a little interview with her so we would like to share that with you.

When Mrs. C has spare time she likes to read. Her favourite sports are basketball and football. She was a gym teacher before.

Mrs. C taught at Trafalgar in Montreal then at The Study and then at Beurling Academy. She also taught at other schools.

Ms. C has older children who are at high school, CEGEP and University.

We really like her, she is nice and she likes the Habs! We know this because when we were in her office, she had some Habs merchandise on display. By Cory and Elliot